European Commission proposes mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence
13 March 2022
On 23 February 2022, the European Commission published its long-awaited text for a proposed Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence which, if adopted, would require large companies to carry out due diligence to identify and address adverse human rights and environmental impacts of their operations, subsidiaries and value chains, and to produce climate plans. It remains to be seen how the proposal develops in the months ahead as the EU law-making process gets underway.
Clifford Chance
